Nope...spill it or you are wasting everyone's time.
Three buddies and I went over last May and overall had a great time. Great food, great PH's, and a great time. However, I will not go back with Kuche.
We arrived in camp and began hunting the next day. We were split into pairs so two hunters with one PH, which is perfect. So, my cousin and I started hunting on a Sunday and by lunch got one animal down. Our wish list between the two of us was about 8-10 animals. We continued hunting that same property the rest of the and did not see anything.
So, we went back to the same property the next day and did not see a single animal. Now, we understand fully this is hunting, not killing and nothing is guaranteed. We fully understand that, so lets get that out of the way and any comments that come with it. However, when we came back to camp at the end of the day, other clients (who were obviously much more high paying than us) were coming back with truck loads of animals. Just dumping nice trophies at the skinning rack and having a good time. Again, we know nothing is guaranteed.
So the next two days we went back to these same properties. The same properties that were very thick and we saw nothing.... absolutely nothing. So, my cousin and I had an honest conversation with our PH about what to do. At this point it was Wednesday night and we were scheduled to leave Saturday morning. We had only killed one animal, which was on Sunday morning. So reasonably we were frustrated and wished to talk with Koos to see if we could get sent to another property.
Our PH went and found Koos and told him we would like a private meeting with him. Right away Koos was upset. We explained to Koos our concerns and he proceeded to pull out his phone and number off the amount of animals at the properties we were hunting. We were not disputing the animals that were there, we were just not seeing anything. Driving or stalking. For three full days we saw nothing. So, he proceeded to get upset and started to yell a little and we just ended the conversation. For someone who uses the business line "Where it's all about you" it was very disgusting to see his reaction. All we simply asked was if there was another property we could try because we were not seeing anything. Sounds straight forward right? maybe not to some.
So the next day and a half...two days we went to locations that actually produced animals and we took down the rest of our animals. Again, it's not called killing it's called hunting. We understand that. But, when you're seeing other clients coming back for the day with a truck bed full of animals and you do not see anything day after day. It gets frustrating.
So we finish our hunting and leave for the states. We never saw Koos after the night of the conversation about the hunting properties because he had to go pick up another high paying client, which is what was told to us by our PH. No thanks for coming, hope you guys had a great time. Nothing. Whatever, it was what it was.
So we get home and about 9 months go by and we learn our taxidermy is finished. Koos sends us our final bills and we pay. Communication was great regarding the taxidermy being complete and him getting his money. About another month goes by and I started messaging Koos about our taxidermy. We were unfamiliar with how to get it shipped back, does he have a shipping agent, do we need to get one...numerous questions. I would get no response, through WhatsApp or email. So, I made a post on here asking if anyone has heard from Koos and how does everything get shipped.
Right away Koos contacts me requesting me to remove my post and how it is bad publicity for him. I was shocked and said I have been trying to contact you regarding our stuff and you only responded to me because someone told you about this post. So he answered my questions regarding the shipping only to find out he was wrong.
I was being told stuff completely different from the shipping company, Eagle Eye shipping. The biggest/scariest thing is the packing list showed some animals were not property mounted, just the skull cape and horns were in the crate. So we really don't know what we are getting.
As this continues, I notice some other things are off with the packing contents and Koos assured me everything was packaged and completed properly. I receive an email from Eagle Eye last week telling me they just received another crate with animals that was supposed to be with my group. Everything was set to leave SA this Monday September 11, 2023. So thankfully, Eagle Eye was able to get everything in place.
So again, I ask Koos what is going on here? Why is it you tell me one thing, and I find out something completely different from the shippers? So he gives me this story about how he is out of camp and will be back Sunday. At this point, whatever, just ship me whatever is in our crates and we will go our own separate ways.
Koos uses Kuche Safari's...where it's all about you. Its absolutely not. He reaction was among one of the most arrogant and unprofessional responses when we asked him to switch properties. And as far as the communication after we left, it was clear he did not care about our animals, what happened to them, or if they are done correctly.
I hope you guys have fun, but just watch out. If there are other big name, big paying clients in camp, they will take priority over anyone else.